Replaces the print edition of Europa World Year Book and all of the Europa regional year books

For earlier editions of the regional year book holdings check the Library Catalog, typing "regional surveys of the world"

Political and economic profiles of nations of the world

Once in a country profile, check the Directory: Government and Politics for information on the nation's constitution, governmental organization, legislature, political organizations, diplomatic representation, judicial system, and defence

In additon to country profiles, each regional volume contains timely essays on issues affecting that region

Check Countries & Regions for an alphabetic listing by country of State Department publications with quick links to major publications such as Background Notes, Commercial
Country Guides, Economic Policy and Trade Practices, and reports on human rights, terrorism, narcotics, and religious freedom

Politics, Economy, & Culture

Ref
JA51 S7

The Statesman's Year Book. 1873- [annual]

Ref
JF37 P6

Political Handbook of the World. 1931- [annual]

Particularly useful for its coverage of political parties

Ref
HC100 - HC699

OECD Economic Surveys . [annual]

Annual reviews of member
and a few non-member countries. Each economic assessment includes a general
overview of developments in the country, reports on topics of current
interest, and statistical information.Sometimes social issues such as public health, education, immigration are also covered.

Available through
Cook Library Web site under Research Databases. When off campus, you will be prompted to enter your TowsonU NetID.

This database
provides full text access to Country Review (CountryWatch), Country
Monitor (Global Insight), Country Profile and Country Report (Economist Intelligence Unit), and Political Risk Yearbook: Country
Forecasts and Country Conditions.

Although the emphasis of
some of these publications is economic, basic country information and
extensive current political profiles are included.

Country Review, Country Profile, and the Political Risk Yearbook are published
annually. Country Report and Country Monitor offer monthly
updates.

NOTE:There may not be a report for every country in each (or any)
of the six publications

Once
in Business Source Complete, click on the Advanced
Search tab

Type the name of the country you are researching in the first box
and change Select a Field to SU
Subject Terms

Click
on Search

Once you get a list of results, click on the box next to Country Reports on the menu bar on the left of the screen

To limit
your search to the politics of a country, add politic* to your search (e.g. argentina and politic*[SU Subject Terms]

Articles arranged by country group or cultural group including topics such as: language; folklore, religion; rites of passage; interpersonal relations; living conditions; family life; clothing; food; education; work

Provides data
from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health
Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and
OECD. Allows customized generation of maps and graphs.

"Worldpress.org is a nonpartisan magazine whose mission is to foster the international exchange of perspectives and information. It contains articles reprinted from the press outside the United States, as well as originally written material. " - from the Web site

Comprehensive
coverage of current (past 2 months) world news. Provides access to the latest news stories.
Searchable by keyword, theme, or world region.Headlines,
and some accompanying stories searchable back two years.

"Indymedia
is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists
offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media
outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of
truth." - From the Web site

Supported by the nonprofit organization Stichting Global Voices with an international staff that summarizes news from blogs, podcasts, photos, and videoblogs from countries outside of Europe and North America

Search for stories by keyword or by country

Presents reports from a international community of bloggers, aiming to provide credible voices, but read the CAUTION regarding blogs to which the site links

Indexes and provides significant access to scholarship published from 1991 to date in the form of working papers, policy briefs, journal articles and book chapters, research projects, and conference proceedings

For best results, use Advanced Search and narrow with suggested subject terms once you get a list of results

Also limit by publication year, if desire

The URL for this
Web page is http://pages.towson.edu/sara/countryinfo.html